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Killer Children In Natsuo Kirino’s novel, a juvenile killer on the run in Tokyo murders without conscience -- and only in retrospect attempts to invent a philosophy to explain his crime. More Info |
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A Conspiracy So Immense Stephen L. Carter’s new thriller involves a clandestine fraternity that works to subvert democracy. More Info |
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Rock the Casbah Mark LeVine discovered that the Islamic world has a surprisingly active heavy metal subculture. More Info |
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I Married a Maori Christina Thompson’s tale of New Zealand combines memoir with cultural history. More Info |
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This One’s for Daddy Facing the memories of a father’s short life of hard drinking, cruelty and the circumstances that helped push him to those extremes. More Info |
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On Poetry: Soldier Boy Frances Richey’s new collection of poems, “The Warrior,” focuses on her relationship with her son, a Green Beret who has served two tours in Iraq. More Info |
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True-Lit-Hist-Myst How a murder in Victorian England went unsolved for five years and led to the birth of the modern detective novel. More Info |
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Funny Bone Anatomist A transversal cut through wit, not for laughs but to examine its mechanisms. More Info |
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‘Eating Skillfully’ In this memoir, an Englishwoman falls in love with China and its food. More Info |
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Across the Universe: Amorality Tales Michael Moorcock’s fantasy hero Elric is a kind of anti-Conan: he is a thin, longhaired albino with a darkly cynical worldview. More Info |
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Nonfiction Chronicle New books reviewed: “Boots on the Ground by Dusk,” by Mary Tillman; “April 4, 1968,” by Michael Eric Dyson; “Rapture Ready!,” by Daniel Radosh; and “Comfort: A Journey Through Grief,” by Ann Hood. More Info |
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Essay: I’m Y.A., and I’m O.K. When is a novel for adults really a novel for children? When a publisher and its marketing department decide it is. More Info |
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Archive: Book Review Podcast Virginia Heffernan on self-help books; David Orr on Frances Richey’s new poetry collection; Rachel Donadio with notes from the field; and Dwight Garner with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host. More Info |
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Up Front The rock critic Howard Hampton says, “For those of us who came of age when punk hit, [Lester Bangs’s] words and persona served as a billboard-size recruiting poster.” More Info |
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TBR: Inside the List More than a few best-selling writers publish under assumed names, but some others couldn’t improve on the ones they already have — like Brad Thor. More Info |